Alpart Sports Club Ground

With the introduction of the bauxite mining industry to Jamaica in the late 1950s and mid 1960s, a number of sports and social club's were constructed for their employees. The Alpart Sports Club was one such sports and social club, formed for the workers of the nearby Alpart owned refinery.{{cite news|last=Neita|first=Lance|title=In days of yore when cricket was fun|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/In-days-of-yore-when-cricket-was-fun_50140|accessdate=2022-04-27|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|date=2016-01-31|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407031440/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/In-days-of-yore-when-cricket-was-fun_50140|archivedate=2016-04-07}} The ground first played host to major cricket when it hosted a List A one-day match in the 1980–81 Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. From 1997, the ground was a regular venue for matches in the Red Stripe Bowl, with 13 one-day matches played there to 2007.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1801_a.html|title=List A Matches played on Alpart Sports Club, Nain (15)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-27|url-access=subscription}} Between 1999 and 2011, the ground also played host to 14 home first-class matches for Jamaica in the Regional Four Day Competition.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1801_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Alpart Sports Club, Nain (14)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-27|url-access=subscription}}

• Highest team total: 455 all out by Jamaica v Windward Islands, 2004–05{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/81/81802.html|title=Jamaica v Windward Islands, Carib Beer Cup 2004/05|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-27|url-access=subscription}}
• Lowest team total: 55 all out by Windward Islands v Jamaica, 1998–99{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1801/f_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|title=Alpart Sports Club, Nain – Lowest Team Totals in first-class cricket|access-date=2022-04-27|url-access=subscription}}
• Highest individual innings: 250 not out by Marlon Samuels for Jamaica v Guyana, 2010–11{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1801/f_Centuries.html|title=Alpart Sports Club, Nain – Centuries in first-class cricket|access-date=2022-04-27|url-access=subscription}}
• Best bowling in an innings: 5–22 by Franklyn Rose for Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago, 1999–00{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/69/69172.html|title=Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago, Busta Cup 1999/00|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-27|url-access=subscription}}
• Best bowling in a match: 9–38 by Dwight Washington for Jamaica v Windward Islands, 2004–05{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/81/81802.html|title=Jamaica v Windward Islands, Carib Beer Cup 2004/05|access-date=2022-04-27|url-access=subscription}}

• Highest team total: 267 for 5 (50 overs) by Jamaica v Northern Windward Islands, 2001–02{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1801/a_Highest_Team_Totals.html|title=Alpart Sports Club, Nain – Highest Team Totals in List A matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-27|url-access=subscription}}
• Lowest team total: 76 all out (35 overs) by Windward Islands v Guyana, 1999–00{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1801/a_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|title=Alpart Sports Club, Nain – Lowest Team Totals in List A matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-27|url-access=subscription}}
• Highest individual innings: 119 by Chris Gayle for Jamaica v Northern Windward Islands, 2001–02{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1801/a_Centuries.html|title=Alpart Sports Club, Nain – Centuries in List A matches|access-date=2022-04-27|url-access=subscription}}
• Best bowling in an innings: 6–19 by Laurie Williams for Jamaica v Bermuda, 1997–98{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1801/a_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|title=Alpart Sports Club, Nain – Five Wickets in an Innings in List A matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-27|url-access=subscription}}

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• [https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/ground/59507.html Alpart Sports Club Ground] at ESPNcricinfo

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